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DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!!!  An overview of my aluminum foundry. Only cost me about $30 bucks at Ace Hardware. Got some scrap aluminum at a welding yard for free and tried to mold them into ingots using a wal-mart muffin pan.

Aluminum Pour in a Home Built Foundry

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Making a greensand mold and pouring molten aluminum.

A quick tour with sample castings. Shake-out, breaking apart the mold.

Note: Gating system seperated from casting because the mold was still quite hot. Normally we wait about 5 minutes.

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Not the best quality video on metal casting, but the info is good. Worth your time watching if you love metal casting like I do.

A brief demonstration of backyard brass casting techniques